LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 610 Termination of appointment

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 610

610 Termination of appointment

(1) The Governor in Council may end the appointment of a panel member if the panel member—

(a) becomes incapable of performing the member’s functions because of physical or mental incapacity; or

(b) is an insolvent under administration; or

(c) is guilty of misconduct of a kind that could warrant dismissal from the public service if the member were an officer of the public service.

(2) The Governor in Council must terminate the appointment of a panel member if the member—

(a) is convicted of a serious offence or an offence against a relevant law or a corresponding law; or

(b) for a member of the lay panel—becomes an Australian lawyer or otherwise legally qualified; or

(c) for a member of the practitioner panel—stops holding a practising certificate.